Unit PATHOLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSTICS

Course
Midwifery
Study-unit Code
A003284
Curriculum
In all curricula
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2026/27
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

OBSTETRIC ASSISTANCE IN REPRODUCTIVE PATHOLOGY

Code A003287
CFU 1
Teacher Giada Monacelli
Teachers
  • Giada Monacelli
Hours
  • 15 ore - Giada Monacelli
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze ostetriche
Sector MED/47
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Code 50026101
CFU 1
Teacher Marina Maria Bellet
Teachers
  • Marina Maria Bellet
Hours
  • 15 ore - Marina Maria Bellet
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze medico-chirurgiche
Sector MED/05
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents General concepts of laboratory medicine.
Diagnostic tests in the various stages of pregnancy.
Diagnostic tests in hematological and cardiological disorders.
Diagnosis of liver and autoimmune diseases.
Introduction to prenatal tests.
Reference texts -M. Ciaccio. Elementi di Biochimica Clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio.
EdiSES Università S.r.l. 2020.
-G. Federici. Medicina di Laboratorio, McGraw-Hill 3° Edizione, 2008.
-I. Antonozzi, E. Gulletta. Medicina di Laboratorio, Logica e Patologia
Clinica, Piccin 3° Edizione.
Support material projected during lessons in electronic format.
Educational objectives The specific objective of the course is the acquisition of the general
concepts of pathophysiology and laboratory medicine related to
pregnancy and human reproduction, and the principles underlying the
use of diagnostic markers in specific pathological contexts
Prerequisites In order to understand and to know to tackle the majority of the
information given within the Course, you must have deep knowledge of
Physiology and General Pathology. Moreover, knowledge and
methodological contents of Anatomy and Biochemistry are mandatory
prerequisite for students planning to follow this Course with profit.
Teaching methods Face-to-face lectures with audiovisual material on all subjects of the Course.
Learning verification modality The exam consists of an oral test with a duration depending on the
performance of the test itself (about 20 minutes). The test aims at
evaluate the level of knowledge and understanding achieved by the
student.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or
SLD, visit the page
http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Extended program General principles of laboratory diagnostics: operating methods of the
laboratory, description of diagnostics phases, biological variability,
concept of biomarker.
Pregnancy markers, immunological diagnostic tests, hints of prenatal
diagnosis.
Complete blood count, erythrocyte markers.
Microcytic, megaloblastic and haemolytic anemias.
Blood groups and fetal erythroblastosis.
Leukocyte formula, leukocytosis and leukopenias, leukemias.
Haemostasis: coagulopathies and thrombocytopenias.
Serum protein electrophoresis.
Urinalysis.
Hepatopathies and hepatic markers.
Cardiac biomarkers.
Diagnosis of autoimmune diseases.

PATHOLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSTICS MOD. 1

Code A003285
CFU 1
Teacher Maurizio Arduini
Teachers
  • Maurizio Arduini
Hours
  • 15 ore - Maurizio Arduini
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze medico-chirurgiche
Sector MED/40
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

PATHOLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSTICS MOD. 2

Code A003286
CFU 2
Teacher Maila Romanelli
Teachers
  • Maila Romanelli
Hours
  • 30 ore - Maila Romanelli
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze medico-chirurgiche
Sector MED/40
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)